Myths and Realities of Tribal Sovereignty: The Law and Economics of Indian Self-Rule

Nov. 23, 2004
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JOPNA Myths and Realities of Tribal Sovereignty

Explores legal and economic dimensions of current perceptions of (and debates over) the nature and extent of tribal self-rule in the United States, with the objective of distinguishing between myth and reality; addresses key threads of thought and assumptions that pervade, accurately or inaccurately, discussions in the public policy arena.

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Kalt, Joseph P., and Joseph William Singer. 2004. “Myths and Realities of Tribal Sovereignty: The Law and Economics of Indian Self-Rule.” Joint Occasional Papers on Native Affairs (JOPNA). Tucson and Cambridge: Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.

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